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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lomax, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lomax and the surrounding area.

  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Lomax:
    • 32.879014, -86.660816
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Lomax
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Chilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chilton County
    • Since Lomax is near Coosa County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coosa County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Lomax

Communities Also Named Lomax ...

We found eight communities that are also named Lomax.

Within Alabama, the name Lomax is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Henderson County
      • This Lomax is located in Henderson County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lomax that is located in Chilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Lomax.
    • Indiana
      • Starke County
      • This Lomax is located in Starke County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the north of the Lomax that is located in Chilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Starke County community of Lomax.
    • Nebraska
      • Custer County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Custer County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Lomax.
    • North Carolina
      • Wilkes County
      • This Lomax is located in Wilkes County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lomax that is located in Chilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Lomax.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Lomax is located in Harris County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lomax that is located in Chilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Lomax.
      • Howard County
      • This Lomax is located in Howard County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km] to the west of the Lomax that is located in Chilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Lomax.
    • Virginia
      • Scott County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lomax [Scott County].
    • West Virginia
      • McDowell County
      • This Lomax is located in McDowell County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lomax that is located in Chilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Lomax.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lomax ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Cooper
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cooper is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
  • Enterprise
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Enterprise is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Gap of the Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gap of the Mountain is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap of the Mountain
  • Highland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Highland is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Jumbo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jumbo is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
  • Mineral Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Oak Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pleasant Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Pools Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Pools Crossroads is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pools Crossroads
  • Poseys Crossroads
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Poseys Crossroads is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poseys Crossroads
  • Rocky Mount
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rocky Mount is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
  • Union Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Union Grove is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove

How Far From Lomax to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lomax to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lomax and extending to:

  • Clanton, which is the Seat of Chilton County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Lomax to Montgomery, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 679 miles [1,092.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,576 miles [10,583 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,282 miles [11,719.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,159 miles [8,302.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lomax) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lomax, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Lomax could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Lomax to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lomax. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8790, Longitude: -86.6608       In this case, the coordinates for Lomax have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.551 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.054 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.375 degrees.